Garment



Aug 1934 s. v. P. QUACKENBUSH GARMENT Filed March 18, 1953 Patented Aug.28, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garments, particularly outer garments, andmore particularly it pertains, to a new and novel closure for outergarments such as coats, jackets and the like.

5 The invention contemplates a new and novel use of the separablefastener known as the runway engaging type.

I am fully aware that outer garments such as coats, jackets and the likehave heretofore been provided with. closure means in the form of aseparable fastener of the runway engaging type, but in all such deviceswith which I am familiar, the runways of the fastener are attacheddirectly at the edge of each side of the opening which thefastener isadapted to close.

It is an object of the invention so to attach the fastener that when thegarment is closed thereby, the garment will have the appearance of adoublebreasted garment, an effect which has not, so far as I am aware,been heretofore attainable.

With the above and other objects in view, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1, is a view in front elevation showing a garment constructed inaccordance with the present invention in its closed position,

Figure 2, is a similar view showing the garment Figure 3, is afragmentary view on an enlarged scale showing the garment open, and;

Figure 4, is a detail transverse sectional view on the line 44 of Figure1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the garment which isdesignated A is formed with two front panels 5 and 6.

The garment is adapted to be closed by means of a separable fastener ofthe runway type. One of the runway members, for example, the member 10is secured to the panel 6 of the garment at the edge 7 thereof.

The other runway member which is designated 12 is mounted on the frontof the panel 5 of 'the garment at a point removed from the edge '13thereof.

This runway fastener is of the type wherein the traveler which isdesignated 15 is entirely removable with respect to one of the runwaymembers, in this case the traveler being carried by the run way member12 and entirely detachable with relation to the runway 10 as illustratedin Figures 2 and 3.

The runway fastener may be of any preferred type except that it ispreferably of the type in which the traveler is completely detachablewith respect to one of the runway members as heretofore described.

With the garment open as shown in Figure 2, when it is desired to closethe same it is only necessary to engage the traveler 15 with the 69runway member 10 and move the same relative to the runway members 10 and12 to close the garment to the desired extent.

From the-foregoing it will be apparent that the present inventionprovides a new and novel garment which will present the appearance of adouble-breasted'garment when the garment is closed as illustrated inFigure 1, as distinguished from such garments with which I am familiarin which the runway members are carried by 70 the edges of the garmentopening and wherein the double-breasted effect cannot be obtained.

The runway fastener may be protected or partially hidden by means ofprojecting portions 17 and 18 of the garment as illustrated in Figure 4and thus when the garment is closed the runway fastener will bepractically invisible.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and what itis desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is;

1. A body garment having an opening, and a separable fastener of therunway engaging type, one of the runway members of said fastener beingsecured to the garment at one edge of said opening, the face of thegarment having a slit spaced 85 from the other edge of the openingbehind one edge of which slit the other of said runway members issecured, said members cooperating to secure the garment in a closedposition with the edges in overlapping relation.

2. A body garment having an opening, a separable fastener of therunway-engaging type, one of the runway members of said fastener beingsecured to the garment at one edge of said opening, the face of thegarment having a slit spaced from the other edge of the opening behindone edge of which slit the other of said runway members is secured, saidmembers cooperating to secure the garment in a closed position with theedges in overlapping relation, and flaps formed 100 as a continuation ofthe face of the garment and overlying the respective members at theirpoints of attachment to cover said members.

STEPHEN V. P. QUACKENBUSH.

